Improvement in ironing-tables



HENRY MCOH cited. gisten met @time ESNEY, OF BUFFALO, `NEW YORK,ASSIGNOR TO. HIMSELF AND JOSEPH` W.4 CLARK, OF SAME PLAGE.

Leiters' Patent No. 107,940, dated october 4, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN lRONlNG-TABLES.

The Schedule referred to iu these'Lettei-x Patent and making parl: ofthe same.

T, HENRY McCHEsNnY, of the city of Bualc, in

lthe county of Erie and State of New York, have iny,in place` againstthe under side of the table.

Figure I is a longitudinal section;

Figure II, a bottom plan; and

Figure III is a bottom plan ot' one end of a table, showing a single legcombined with my spring brace.

Like letters of' reference designate like parts in each of the figures.y

A is the bed of the table.-

B B, the two legs at one end, united by a crosspiece, O, and hinged, atd, to the bed, so as to iold inward, as shown in Fig. I.

E is a dat spring, arranged lengthwise of thetable, the inner end ofywhich is` fastened to the under side of the bed by a screw, f,.and aclamping-piece, g, or other suitable means, while the other yend extendsoutward, so as to press upward against the edge of the cross-piece O,which `is'provided with a stud or catch, fi, that projects into a hole,e, in the end of thespring when the legs are unfolded, thereby retainingthem in their proper position, the spring operating as a brace forthepurpose. l

By pulling down on 'the en'd ofthe spring the latter is disengaged fromthe pin fi., when theA legs can vbe turned back against the under sideof the bed,`where they are retained in place by the springwhich pressesagainst the cross-piece, as shown in Fig. II.

J is a plate, hinged to the under side of the bed at one end, so as toswing horizontally outward and form a rest or support for the sad-iron.

One end of the bed A may be provlded with an eye, m, so as to besupported by this eye engaging with a v hook in the wall when the tableis required for use.V

4 At other times the legs are folded and the bed "detached from itsconnection with the wall, when the table, in a compact forni, can bestowed away until again required. j A single leg may bensed vinconnection withmy spring brace, by providing the former with aprojection, G, with which the latter engages, as shown in Fig. III, in amanner similar to that' represented in Fig. II.

rlhe simplicity of my improved arrangement; the

`double function performed by the spring brace, and

its automatic mode of operation, render the device a great improvementover others ofu the class now 1n catch-pin t, or its equivalent,substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

HENRY MCOHESNEY.

\Vitnesses:

J AY HYATT, MARY MoOHEsNnY.

